Kind of a boring chapter here, written purely for the sake of killing writer's block. I do apologize for the extremely short length and the lack of interesting content.

Mokuba walked into his brother's room. "Morning, Seto!" the raven-haired teen said happily.

Seto gave a small smile when he saw the younger Kaiba. He sat up. "Hey, Mokuba," he said tiredly.

Mokuba sat down beside Seto. "I brought your deck if you want to duel," he said. "I also brought a chess board if you feel up to it."

"Maybe later. I just woke up," Seto replied.

"Oh, okay," Mokuba said. "Do you feel any better?"

"Do you want the truth, or do you want the preferred answer?"

"I'll take that as a no."

An almost tangible silence filled the room. A nurse walked in a few moments later to check the elder Kaiba's vital signs. "Well Mr. Kaiba, it looks like you can go home later today," she said. Mokuba smiled at that, as did Seto. "I'll just have the doctor okay it." With that, she left, leaving the two brothers alone once again.

"I'll get your stuff together," Mokuba said.

"Okay," Kaiba replied. Mokuba went about the room, throwing some articles of clothing and personal hygiene items into a duffel bag.

"So what do you want to do when we get home?" Mokuba asked.

"Sleep," Kaiba answered. He was physically drained.

Mokuba sighed. He'd forgotten how tired the chemo treatments made Seto. At least he gets to come home until the next one, he thought. I don't know why he's doing this to himself. He's just prolonging the inevitable… No, don't think like that. There's still a chance…

"What's wrong?" Kaiba asked, noticing his brother's far-off look.

"Just thinking," Mokuba answered. He sat down on the chair beside the bed. Kaiba had fallen back to sleep.

Later that day, Seto was cleared to go home. He and Mokuba got into the limo and rode towards their mansion. Mokuba helped him get to his room. "Get better, okay?" Mokuba asked quietly.

"I'll try," Kaiba said. "But I can't make any promises."

Mokuba went to his room, not being able to see Seto in such a state any longer. He can't die… If he does… My best friend will be gone forever.

Kaiba turned onto his side and stared at a wall in his room. Pull yourself together, Kaiba, he thought. You've got to be the tough one.